Terahertz optical modulator based on metamaterial split-ring resonators and graphene

Optical Engineering

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Degl'Innocenti, Riccardo ^a   Jessop, David S ^a   Shah, Yash D ^a   Sibik, Juraj ^b   Zeitler, J Axel ^b   Kidambi, Piran R ^b   Hofmann, Stephan ^b   Beere, Harvey E ^a   Ritchie, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

graphene; metamaterial; opto electronics; terahertz; time domain spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; LIGHT MODULATORS; METAMATERIALS; MODULATION; QUANTUM CASCADE LASERS; RING GAGES;

FREQUENCY RANGES; MODULATION DEPTH; OPTICAL CONTROL; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; SPLIT-RING RESONATOR; TERA HERTZ; TERAHERTZ LIGHT; TIME DOMAIN SPECTROSCOPY;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84901714741     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.OE.53.5.057108     Document Type: Article

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